US Patent Issued to MOTIVE POWER INDUSTRY on Nov. 25 for "Pedal force detection mechanism for electric-assisted bicycle" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,533, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to MOTIVE POWER INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Changhua County, Taiwan).

"Pedal force detection mechanism for electric-assisted bicycle" was invented by John-Sun Wang (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pedal force detection mechanism for an electric-assisted bicycle includes a torque-transmitting member, a main thrust bearing, a strain sensing assembly, and a main drive gear. The torque-transmitting member transmits and diverts a torque along a crankshaft's axial direction. The main thrust bearing abuts against the torque-transmitting member to transmit the diverted torque. The strain sensing as...